Month July 2023
NYS Senator Simcha Felder, a staunch advocate for the rights of special needs children and their families, on Thursday hailed the ruling in Manhattan Federal Court on Wednesday ordering the New York City Department of Education (NYC DOE) into compliance… Continue Reading →
Sen. Chuck Grassley has publicly released an unclassified FBI document containing allegations of a criminal bribery scheme involving Joe Biden, the former Vice President, and his son Hunter Biden in connection with Ukrainian gas company Burisma Holdings. The document, an… Continue Reading →
What will North Korea do about the first U.S. soldier in decades to flee into its territory? Its official media have yet to mention Pvt. Travis King, there’s little precedent for his situation and guesses about the country’s next steps… Continue Reading →
By Rabbi Yair Hoffman THERE IS A VERSE in VaYikra the import of which has been little understood. The verse is velo sonu Ish es amiso – (VaYikra 25:17). The Mitzvah is generally called “Onaas Dvarim” or just plain “Onaah.”… Continue Reading →
This is what he said: Mr. Speaker. Dear friends, in Jewish weddings, a glass is placed on the ground, intentionally stomped on. This ritual evokes the destruction of our temple in Jerusalem 2000 years ago, only after the glass… Continue Reading →
NEW YORK (VINnews) — Democrat presidential candidate Robert F Kennedy jr. is under fire after making comments that evoke an antisemitic trope. He said COVID is ethnically targeted to spare Jews (though maybe not deliberately), which can easily sound like… Continue Reading →
By Rabbi Yair Hoffman THERE IS A VERSE in VaYikra the import of which has been little understood. The verse is velo sonu Ish es amiso – (VaYikra 25:17). The Mitzvah is generally called “Onaas Dvarim” or just plain “Onaah.”… Continue Reading →
Travelers, considered a bellwether for the insurance industry due to its size, said catastrophe losses doubled in its most recent quarter and the company swung to a loss as severe wind and hailstorms in a number of regions led to… Continue Reading →
A pink phone. A New York mission. Swedish diplomats. A North-South Korean hotline. The United States and reclusive North Korea have no diplomatic ties — but they still have ways to contact each other. An American official said Wednesday that… Continue Reading →
The Federal Reserve launched a new instant payment service Thursday. FedNow allows banks and credit unions to sign up to send real-time payments so they can offer customers a quicker way to send money between banks. FedNow, which was first… Continue Reading →
MANZANILLO, Mexico (AP) — He quit his corporate job and moved to Mexico to pursue his dream of sailing solo across the ocean. Australian Timothy Shaddock, 54, bought his 30-foot catamaran two years ago in the Mexican Pacific resort of… Continue Reading →
WASHINGTON (JTA) — Two Jewish Democrats joined with a Chinese American congresswoman in leading a call on Republicans to disinvite Robert F. Kennedy Jr. from testifying in Congress about censorship, after the vaccine conspiracy theorist and Democratic presidential candidate said… Continue Reading →
Sales of previously occupied U.S. homes fell in June to the slowest pace since January, as a near-historic low number of homes for sale and rising mortgage rates kept many would-be homebuyers on the sidelines. The national median sales price… Continue Reading →
(JTA) – An Orthodox rabbi in the Cleveland area was sentenced to 10 days in jail and 18 months of probation for stealing a pro-Palestinian banner from a student group at a local university. The sentence, delivered on Wednesday, caps… Continue Reading →
LOS ANGELES (AP) — A tiny neighborhood store in downtown Los Angeles sold the winning ticket for the Powerball jackpot worth an estimated $1.08 billion, the sixth largest in U.S. history and the third largest in the history of the… Continue Reading →
(JNS) — German diplomat Sven Kühn von Burgsdorff, who represented the European Union in Judea, Samaria and the Gaza Strip for the past four years, went paragliding off the coast of Gaza this week to raise awareness for a “Free… Continue Reading →
NEW YORK (AP) — Google says it is in the early stages of developing artificial intelligence tools to help journalists write stories and headlines, and has discussed its ideas with leaders in the news industry. The rapidly-evolving technology is already… Continue Reading →
WASHINGTON (AP) — An IRS plan to test drive a new electronic free-file tax return system next year has got supporters and critics of the idea mobilizing to sway the public and Congress over whether the government should set up… Continue Reading →
JERUSALEM (JTA) – For the first time, Palestinian Americans will be able to enter and leave Israel through its main airport, part of a major policy change that will significantly ease access to the country for hundreds of thousands of… Continue Reading →
JERUSALEM (JTA) – Moroccan King Mohammed VI invited Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to visit Morocco days after Israel recognized the country’s claim to the disputed Western Sahara. “The invitation was sent in a warm, personal letter in which His… Continue Reading →
Family getting up: Tuesday (7/25/23)Afternoon Mr. Yosef Liran Mr. Natan Liran